Create and Submit Your First VisiHow.com Article

Contributing to VisiHow is easy with the built-in editor and provided guidelines. This article teaches how to register for the site and guides you through the steps of creating and submitting your first article.

The account creation screen features a "captcha." Simply select the pictures of cats to prove you are a human and then create a user name and password. Supply an email address and your real name if you would like articles attributed personally. Select create account to finish the process.

Articles are easier to write and read when they are about a limited subject. "How to cook an omelet" is better than "How to cook eggs" as many ways to cook eggs exist. A good article provides the steps to perform a single or two very closely related tasks. Writing an article such as "How to tie your shoelaces" could be immense. Instead aim to write "How to tie your shoelaces with a traditional knot." This brings the subject down to a single task and opens the possibility of writing about other types of shoelace knots, e.g. "How to tie your shoelaces with a reef knot."

Important: "How to" is automatically amended to any article title by the system. The best article titles are direct and make a succinct point. For example, suppose you wish to write an article about how to bake a single layer chocolate cake. With an article named, "Bake a Single Layer Chocolate Cake" the reader knows exactly what to expect.

The html heading codes and formatting of <h#>Tools or Ingredients</h#> are accepted by the editor. Headings levels 4 and 5 look best for list headings. Remember to always begin the heading with <h#> and to end with the closing statement </h#>. The number signs should be replaced with the numbers 1 through 5 depending on which header you wish to use.

Try to keep one instruction per line. Remember that the first sentence of each instruction is represented in bold. A good practice is to make a brief first sentence then to expand upon the concept as necessary after wards. Similar to this entire set of instructions!

Save your work often. Either use the "save page" button at the bottom of the page or copy and paste the entire text into another text editor. Important: When you use "Save page" the wiki will be released to the main page. You can continue to edit the page as updates will be added when the article is refreshed.

The "Drop files here" bar is useful for adding pictures to your article. Drag and drop files from your computer to the field and the editor will check names and file extensions. If the file is acceptable then select the upload option. The files are now saved on the server.

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Recent changes. The recent changes page allows a glimpse at any changes taking place on the wiki. This page can help you figure out word counts, reasons for edits, and whom is editing any article on the site.

Word count equation. An approximation of word count can be derived from the byte count listed on the recent changes page. This operation is performed by dividing the byte count by 6. 6000 bytes is approximately 1000 words.

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